CAT 2025Slot 2QAAll Questions

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Q1
ArithmeticMedium
Ankita is twice as efficient as Bipin, while Bipin is twice as efficient as Chandan. All three of them start together on a job, and Bipin leaves the job after 20 days. If the job got completed in 60 days, the number of days needed by Chandan to complete the job alone, is
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Q2
ArithmeticMedium
A certain amount of money was divided among Pinu, Meena, Rinu and Seema. Pinu received 20% of the total amount and Meena received 40% of the remaining amount. If Seema received 20% less than Pinu, the ratio of the amounts received by Pinu and Rinu is...
Q3
ArithmeticHard
An item with a cost price of Rs. 1650 is sold at a certain discount on a fixed marked price to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. If the discount was doubled, the profit would have been Rs. 110. The rate of discount, in percentage, at which the profit percentage would be equal to the rate of discount, is nearest to...
Q4
AlgebraMedium
Let $f(x)=\frac{x}{(2x-1)}$ and $g(x)=\frac{x}{(x-1)}$. Then the domain of the funtion $h(x)=f(g(x))+g(f(x))$ is all real numbers except
Q5
GeometryMedium
Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and P and Q be the midpoints of AB and CD, respectively. Then, the ratio of the areas of trapezium PBCQ and hexagon ABCDEF is...
Q6
AlgebraMedium
The equations $3x^{2}-5x+p=0$ and $2x^{2}-2x+q=0$ have one common root. The sum of the other roots of this equations is
Q7
Number SystemsMedium
Let $a_{n}$ be the $n^{th}$ term of a decreasing infinite geometric progression. If $a_{1}+a_{2}+a_{3}=52$ and $a_{1}a_{2}+a_{2}a_{3}+a_{3}a_{1}=624$, then the sum of this geometric progression is...
Q8
AlgebraMedium
If $\log_{64}{x^{2}+\log_{8}{\sqrt{y}+3\log_{512}{(\sqrt{y}z)}}}=4$, where $x$, $y$ and $z$ are positive real numbers, then the minimum possible value of $(x+y+z)$ is
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Q9
ArithmeticMedium
A mixture of coffee and cocoa, 16% of which is coffee, costs Rs 240 per kg. Another mixture of coffee and cocoa, of which 36% is coffee, costs Rs 320 per kg. If a new mixture of coffee and cocoa costs Rs 376 per kg, then the quantity, in kg, of coffee in 10 kg of this new mixture is
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Q10
Number SystemsHard
Suppose a,b,c are three distinct natural numbers, such that $3ac=8(a+b)$. Then, the smallest possible value of $3a+2b+c$ is
Q11
AlgebraHard
The set of all real values of x for which $(x^{2}-\mid x+9\mid+x)>0$, is
Q12
Number SystemsMedium
The sum of digits of the number $(625)^{65} \times (128)^{36}$ is
Q13
GeometryHard
Two tangents drawn from a point p and a circle with center O at point Q and R. Point A and B lie on PQ and PR, repectively, Such that AB is also a tangent to the same circle. If $\angle A0B=50^{0}$, then $\angle APB$, in degrees equals
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Q14
AlgebraEasy
If $9^{x^{2}+2x-3}-4(3^{x^{2}+2x-2})+27=0$ then the product of all possible values of x is
Q15
ArithmeticMedium
The ratio of expenditures of Lakshmi and Meenakshi is 2 : 3, and the ratio of income of Lakshmi to expenditure of Meenakshi is 6 : 7. If excess of income over expenditure is saved by Lakshmi and Meenakshi, and the ratio of their savings is 4 : 9, then the ratio of their incomes is
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Q16
ArithmeticMedium
A loan of Rs 1000 is fully repaid by two installments of Rs 530 and Rs 594, paid at the end of first and second year, respectively. If the interest is compounded annually, then the rate of interest, in percentage, is
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Q17
ArithmeticEasy
The average number of copies of a book sold per day by a shopkeeper is 60 in the initial seven days and 63 in the initial eight days, after the book launch. On the ninth day, she sells 11 copies less than the eighth day, and the average number of copies sold per day from second day to ninth day becomes 66. The number of copies sold on the first day of the book launch is
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